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'High risk' hospitals identified

Six Midland hospital trusts have been labelled 'high risk' by Care Quality Commission inspectors.
It comes as three trusts from the region were selected as the first to receive ratings from the CQC in January.

Two of Lincolnshire's NHS Trusts have been branded among the worst in the country by a Care Quality Commission report.

The medical watchdog placed both the Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust and the United Lincolnshire Hospitals Trust in band one - meaning they were at a high risk of failing patients. We spoke to Mike Richards from the CQC.

In a statement, both hospitals said they were making significant progress and were continuing to make improvements to better patient care.

Six Midland hospitals have been labelled "high risk" after inspectors found they fell short of the standards of care expected.

They are among just 24 trusts across the country picked out by the Care Quality Commission (CQC) as being at the most serious level of concern, including higher than expected death rates at their hospitals.

The Burton Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is among those identified as 'high risk' Credit: PA